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means can devise to guard against and to meet the calamity ; but the Government cannot feed a whole population : we do therefore earnestly exhort every great landholder of Ireland to proceed directly t'o his estate, and by early arrangements for the employment, and providing means of sustenance for the poor in his neighbourhood, prepare for a season of more severe distress than that which has been experienced in any recent winter. Mr. SOUTH, of Sloane -street, who is so distin guished as an. Astronomer throughout Europe, ,has 'received the following communication from the Royal Observatory at Paris, which he has given publicity to, relative to the discovery of another cornet. Telegraphic Dispatch, received at Paris on 'Wed nesday afternoon, Aug. 16 : " The Prefect of the Mouths of the Rhone, to the Board of Longitude at Paris— " On the authority of the Director of the Observatory at Mar seilles, I announce, that he has discovered a Comet, in the Con stellation Eridantis." We learn that at the moment the proceedings at Lancaster are going forward against the Wakefields, their grandfather, Mr. Edward Wakefield, sen. of Ipswich; has died at a very advanced age. He was the husband of the authoress, Mrs. Priscilla Wake field, who survives him. THE FUNDS. CITY, Twelve e Clock. The English Funds have remained all the morping quite inani- mate, and very little business doing; Consols opened. at 1 7t3i it both for money and account, and 78i for October ; the appearances of the account are rather bullish. The Foreign Funds are with= out any interest, Mexican Bonds are 45i ; Colombian, 32k. All other. Foreign Funds are dull, with the exception of Brazilian Mining Shaw which areil to 10 pm. ; every thing in the Shar e Market continues flat. India 4 per Cent. Bonds, 24 6 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 17 13 pm. • Foustan Funtis.—Brazilian, 61 2; Buenos Ayres, 50 1 ; Chian, 86 8 ; Colombian, 1824, 32i ; Mexican 5 per Cent., 37 9,; Ditto 6 per Cent., 45i 6; Greek, 13 ; Russian, 83-1 ; Portuguese, 72 8 ; Danish, 56i- ; Spanish, 1821-2, 91 101; Ditto, 1823, 7. Minn.—Anglo Mexican, 50 48 dis. ; United Mexican, 1/ 11 dis. ; Pasco Peruvian, 11 10 dis. ; Castello, 1 1; Brazilian, $ 9 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 10 20 pm. ; Bolivar, 1 3 dis. ; Colom bian, 1 2 per Share ; SztAa.n.-....British Iron Company,• 29 '7 dis. ; Alliance Fire . "lad Life, 6i 7 per Share ; Ditto Marine, 3 4 per Share. Two o'clock. No alteration has taken place in the price of Console, and they continue with scarce any business at 784 4 ; and for October at ; 4 per Cent. 941 4 ; New 4 per Cents. 954. The Foreign Funds hate remained at the same rate all day, except Mexican 6 per Cent. Bonds, which have advanced to 464 4. The Shares continue at the same price, with the exception of Brazilian Mines, Which are the only speculation in which business has been done; they have been subject to considerable advance, and are now •124 lo 14 premium. THREE O' CL 0 CK. 3 per Cent. Consols, 781 FOUR O'CLOCK _CLOSING PRICES. Consols 781 , . Danish Bonds Do. for Op. 74 Greek Do. 1825 13 i Brazilian Bonds Mexican Do. 1825,46 Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian , Do. 25 26 Milian Do. 39- Russ an Do. 83ft 84 Columbian, 1824, 32il 4,1 Spanish Do. 9.1 WONDERFUL ESCAPE. . . . A most extraordinary accident, unattended with fatal muse ituencts, occurred in Somerset House this afternoon. A labouring mau was precipitated from the highest part of the Royal Academy to the bottom of the area, by the breaking of the ropes hoisting a wooden frame, in which he was suspended with some materials for the repairs gofog forward ; and, strange to say, he was not iu any degree hurt. The man got up, shook himself, and joined -with surprise in the laugh of persons who saw the accident. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.--(This Dmr.) Sarah Burnet, a servantlirl, was charged with having stolen some money belonging to Mr. Israel, 22, Duke's place. SOme silver was frequently missed out of a cup which was kept locked up by the prosecutor's wife. The pri soner was suspected, and a quantity of marked silver was 'placed there. Some of this was taken when Mrs. Israel asked th e p r i son er to lend her some silver. The silver lent by the prisoner was.some of that marked. Her box was in consequence searched, when some stockings, and a quantity of other wearing a...pparel belonging to the pro secutor, were found there. This was the case for the pro. eecution. The prosecutor was averse to prosecuting the prisoner, and was desirous either that she should be reprimanded and dismissed, or that some slight punishment should be given to her, . Til l e a ' t i t Z y T he lenient Laub MAYOR said that these domesti c become • exceedingly frequent.robberies „, I) urs A e in su c h cases was a ver y mistaken one. They wer e demised wi t h out c h arac t er , and almost without a chance arecovering one, and were driven into a dishonest c ourse of life. ,Hi s Lordship fully committed the prisoner. Mary Campbell, the married woman who was charged with having robbed Mr. Hubbart, of Wapping, was wrought up for final examination. The LORD MAYOR inquired amongst the police whether she was known at all as a woman of the town, and they replied in the negative. A solicitor, who attended in her behalf, cross-examined the prosecutor, for the purpose of showing that he was in a state of intoxication, and in capable of identifying her. The night constable said the prosecutor had evidently taken some - liquor, but was by no means drunk, The husbatid only appeared to give hie wife $ good cha racter, and to express, as before, his entire confidence in her innocence. The LORD ALtvoa. would not listen to him it common, he said, that some husbands connt' • . too connived at such conduct in their wives, when they part oo k of the profit. The prisoner was fully committed. John Fiirgerald was committed for stealin g a stoit of clothes belonging to a young man named H a llid ay. The prisoner, who i s a tall Irishman, went to lodge at a cheap lodging-house in Checquer-yard. In the morning he disappeared, and a suit fif clothes belonging to the pro "weldor were missed at the same time. The prisoner was pursued, and overtaken in Rosemary-lane, with the clothes limier his arm. When accused of stealing them, he said, " I steal 'eat ! Devil burn me if I ever thought of such' a thiug. They're a nate cut , and I only took 'cut to show em to my tailor sa a pattern. amu miAl.L.—,(THis DAY). A young woman named Cather4e. Wood was this day magistrate, :charged by a raw brought before the *W with break* h d honed Irishman, Michae l Vainley, ,g , an - batin over his eye. It appeared from Michael's statement, that after receiy he felt inclined f or a d rop I N! Ins wa ges on S atur d a y Mgt , of Hodges's cordial; and he, beit_l . :g of a social disposition, was unwilling to d r i n k alone. He accordingly w en t xo l'; 411 on a y oung female acqua i n t anc e, in Fleet-m ar k et , O ac company him in that very important o ffi ce. But beingsloe previously engaged, Michael was patiently 41 ting when the prisoner entered the room, and begaa abusing her. The landlady hearing an altercation, came in and attempted to push the prisoner out of the room, but' she resisted, and launched a hand-bacon at her, which struck Michael in the eye, , and knocked him down. She was taken to the watch-house, and brought up yester day; but, from Michael's illness, he could not attend, and she was remanded till to-day. MAGISTRATE—This is a very serious assault—what motive had you for committing it ? The prisoner commenced a long story about her being struck by the complainant some time before in Fleet Mar ket, but was stopped by the magistrate, who said he would send her to the Sessions, and she was locked up in default of bail. BOW-STREET-(Tm! pky.) Giles Scroggins, alias Owens, a midshipman in uniform, was brought before Sir Richard Birnie, under a charge of an assault on a frail one, named Mary Lyster. The complainant stated, that the prisoner had taken her into .a certain house, in Northumberland-court this morning—that he refused to pay the expences, and on her insisting on it, he hauled and pushed her about. The prisoner being called on for his defence, said, that his name was Owns, not Scroggins, as in the charge. He had given the latter name, because he was in uniform. Sir R. BIRNIE—You ought not to disgrace your uni form. Prisoner—Hear me out ; I took this girl off the street; called for a bottle of wine, and paid for it; she demanded money • I would not give it, because I did not think she deserved it ; and then she gave me in charge. Sir R. lIIRNIR—Navy officers ought not to walk the streets in their uniform, except they have occasion to go to the Admiralty. You must give bail, sir, for the assault. 111ARYLEBONE. 77 -(TH_Is DAY.). John- Burrell was accused of having stolen a bird and cage. Thomas Sabin, about three o'clock yesterday, saw the prisoner running in a great hurry along Warren -street, with a bird and cage in his hand; and on observing the watchman near him he left them on the step of a stair.— The pwner of the bird and cage not having come forward, Mr."GRIFFITH ordered all parties to appear on Thursday. Mary Ryal, a young girl about 12 years of age, was charged by William Page with theft. About a month ago, the prisoner, who was in a destitute situation, ap plied to Mrs. Page, to receive her into her service. Mrs. Page happening at the time to want a young girl, engaged the prisoner from compassion, although she knew nothing of her character. The first act of dishonesty on the part of the prisoner was discovered upon her being sent to pur chase a beef-steak, when she retained 3d. out of the money she received more than she paid for it. Mrs. Par had, some time before this circumstance occurred, missecl a ring, and she afterwards found it with the prisoner,— Another witness produced a linen sheet, Which was stolen by the prisOner about nine months ago. Mrs. Page stated that her mother was a worse character than her child. The prisoner was. committed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) About one o'clock this morning, three persons came down King -street, St. James's-square, one of whom was Mr. -, army tailor, of No. 4, the latter was very much inebriated, and was led by the other two. They knocked at the door, put him safely in the house, and were going away, when one said ,to the other, as if suddenly recof lecting himself, "Oh ! I have got Sam's watch, I'll go back and give it him." The other replied, "No ! you had better give it to the watchman, to give to him in the morning?' He, however, after giving it to the watch man, said he would try to give it to the owners he ac cordingly knocked at the door, which - was opened by the young man's father, who immediately gave them in charge to the watchman, but would not go to the watch-house. They were of course discharged, and the father applied for the watch this morning, but as he could not describe it accurately, he (the . watchtnan) would not give it up. Mr. CONANT told him that he would have done very wrong if he had. He had, received it on his duty, and every thing thus received should be brought before the Magistrate. The watchman said that the mother had threatened to bring him to this office, by an officer, if he did not give it up, • • Mr. CONANT ordered the watch to be given into the care of Mr. Plank, the chief officer, till it ' was claimed by the owner,.at the same time he ordered the watchman to take a message for his attendance. • In about an hour • the watchman returned with the father of the young man, who appeared very reluctant to say any thing about it. After some questions, the Ma gistrate asked him who the person was that brought his son home, intimating at the same time that the watch would not be given up without his attendance. The father observed that he did not wish to see that man any more, as he suspected that his son had been very ill treated., He produced a pair of trowsers which the young man wore last night. They were very much torn, and the father went on to state, that his son was never drunk before in his life ; he had never drank any thing stronger than spring water. This morning he was almost insen sible, and could not answer any questions. His mother was last night in hysterics in consequence of such pain ful suspicions. His son had formed an acquaintance in Kensington-gardens with that person. Witness had felt very uneasy at such a friendship, and had inquired at his lodgings. He believed his name was Montgomery; his lodgings were at a tailor's in Gerrard -street, He had in quired his character of that tailor, who told him that he was an independent man, of no profession, and was in the habit of playing with his (the tailor's) children. He .likewise amused himself by passing whole days in Ken sington Gardens. Witness then felt more at ease until last night, when he had no doubt that his son had been made drunk for some abominable purpose. Mr. CONANT observed that the case assumed a diffe rent aspect, and said he should require the attendance o f *ornery, and a person was accordingly despatched for his atterawe, in . a short time he attended, and stated that he was s clerk, in the employment of a relation, Mr. 2 ;1, 1 11 ° 6 4 : l ;r 31, Dean -street; he stated, that he became unw o nte d with the young m an i n l as t s p r i ng , yester d ay the Iwo presented him with a ticket for admission to the Horticultural Gardens, and they went there together, they went to the Sussex Arms, in Hammersmith, where the kl t tl youngew, got very drunk, 404 in stooping to play at matt t o re his trowsers in the manner described. He s siskl, , thiit he did not know one of the men who assisted him to town—the other was the keeper of in b r Pqrg h C ancery- ne. The examination was caw* .°P) r' • proceeding the Prq at oom when we went. to press. -...,------ • 1 rE N,s9pARE.- 7 , -(Tup pA 7 ,) • ,QFP. , - Rn i mEß .—Michael Lliityer, a phelsea AN UNGRATEPUti''-- day , was charged. with having far pensioner, at Is. 2- ' 4 Ches hire Cheese, Pimlico, and t of copper monies. . gibly entered the bar of the stealing therefrom a quant i i Mr. Hea r y Keene, the quence of having repeatedly lodged in his houac IP aYndlord, said that the prisoner ,; lir w e irke4 twelve penny pieces, lost mone he last ;-g-,-- - . t bar . Ale atter which he l ucked up in the bureau at over the bar, and ePt wards stationed himself in a room, on hearing some watch.' About four o'clock this morni ng, beard the rattling one at the bar drain he kept still until he stlire which he ran d own T 1 tile of some tapper money, upou , .., of c o p p er nto WI to ,i 414 'the Erisoner putting a qu antity n . 7..... m the his night Opp The bureau had been forced ope f All . ' 4 w nclow prisoner had mewl go bar .by lift i ng u p the -1 sash, and then, got aver the'dook: The prisoner contri ved repeatedly to m a k e hi s escape. Wiines, hoWeYr! A ve ii , him in custody to th e watchman. On hi s reac hnig out side 14 2 house, h e t h rew away the cap conta i n i n g the money, amounting to 34 p ie ces, and among t h em were e he had markea. The PMgp t er was undressed, with the exception of his shirt ' . The prisoner, in his defence, admitted e,ttiug AP 1 '144 the timen4o9tioned, and co m i ng down st ai rs; but 'sai .no ,money was fouq 10 his Person. • - - 1 ,Ha was fully Commit*: LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY.--(Tuzs DAY•) The LORD CHANCELLOR sat at half past ten o'clock. Mr. HART was the only King's Counsel in attendance ; several j un i or C o U nse l, a nd many suitors were present. Am ong t h e su i tors wa s Mr. Wellesley. who viewed the B enc h w i t h a ver y a nxious eye ; but nothing fell from it in hi s case . , POWELL V. SONNET AND OVUM This case stood appointed for judgment to-day. A large sum of money , was claimed of the plaintiff, by gentlemen abroad, who had the character of inspectors, on behalf of others. The defendants were ad vised, that those inspectors had no right to the money but that the title was in them, and they brought their action for the recovery of it, upon which they got a verdict of 24,0001. The defendant at law then filed his interpleading bill in this Court, stating that he was prepared to pay the money, provided he was pr o t ec t e d against all other demands in respect to that money. The sum was paid into Court, and an injunction granted to restrain all further proceedings at law against the defendant at law. A gentleman of the name of Rennel, subsequently ap plied for the payment of the money to him, stating that he was duly authori se d to rece i ve it under a power of attorney, executed by all parties ; it was referred to the Master, to ascertain whether this was a sufficient authority ; the Master reported in the affirmative ; exceptions were taken to that report ; the exceptions were discussed, and th e on l y o bj ec tion made, in re sisting the payment of Mr. Rennel was, that one set of the defendants (the inspectors), had not appeared to this suit. From the manner, however, in which the proceedings had been conducted, his Lordship's opi nion was,.that the Court ought to hold all parties as having appeared ; th a t th e p arty a pplying for the money was entitled to receive it, and that in paying it to him, the Court could, and would, pay it to Mr. Rennel on behalf of all the . parties, and annex to that order an injunction, restraining any of them from ever disturbing th e plaintiff in equity, in respect of the money again. His Lordship took the proposed mi nutes of the order, which he said he should read, and make the order so as to. let the money be paid out by the Accountant-General, before his office was shut. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE: LLOYD'S.—(Tatis Dam. ) De• 1., Ann. 21.—Wind E.—Arrived and remain, his Majesty's ship Leven, from Portsmouth. Passed the Alexander, from Jamaica; the Montrose, frtnn Trinidad for London ; the Malvin*, Norfor, from London for Trieste"; the .tElfrida, Mitchell, from London for Gibraltar ; and the Hopeful, Cuthbertson, from London for Pa lermo. PORTSMOUTH, Ants. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Pelter, from Halifax ; the Dub, Allen, from London ; Dan ford, Anderson, from London ; and his Majesty's ship Clinker, from Newfoundland. Sailed the Royal George, Reynolds, for Calcutta ; his Majesty's ship Philomel, on a cruize ; and the Hope, Cotrell, for London. Passed by from London, the Vic tory, Farquharson, for Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, Auo. 20.—Arrived the Francis, Gillespie, from Barbados, ; Oglethorpe, Tenbury, from Savannah ; Campion, Fletcher, from Quebec; Wakefiet, Cruikshank, from Oporto. Sailed the Colombian, Kirkwood, for Calcutta, and Christian, Arundel, for Gibraltar, BRISTOL, Auo. sl.—Arrived the Mary Louisaarom Tobago, and the Warm, from Gottenburgh. Gastttocit t ; Auo. 19.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the John Campbell, Spence, from Grenada. PECKHAM FAIR. This scene of festivity commenced yesterday ; but the field, where it was formerly kept, had been cut across by a new branch of the Canal; and, to the annoyance of its gay visitants, its velvet turf was exchanged for the dust and confusion of a gravel road ; as, "by order of the ma gistrates, any person building a booth or stall in any field 'near the town, would be prosecuted with the utmost se verity." This peremptory order was issued on Friday, when a great number of the booth-keepers had built their booths in the largest part of the original field, still suffici ently. convenient. One of them had paid down twenty guineas for the use of an adjoining field during the fair, and was cozily building? when he was stopped by the strong arm of the law, in the periltins of from twenty to thirty of the Bow-street Patrol, who arrested his progress, and at the same time, three of his men. It was then inti mated, that the fair must be held in the town. The men were taken before the magistrates, and at length bailed out. Every corner in every street was occupied by a booth, stall, or show, and in the greatest thoroughfare in the town the carriage-way was,only twelve feet wide, in a place where there were some thousands of people. We commenced our survey at about 7 o'clock, and first recognized " the Fair," in a sort of wild beast caravan, and an immense oil painting, intimating that a lady of seven feet high, weighing 40 stone, was to be seen Alive for one penny. We next feasted our admiring eyes on the ambi tious attempts at an " aerial visit," by some fat country wenches in a swing. We then came to " the Grand Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo," in a show-box two feet square, near which there were a number of " opera tives%enjoying " the delicacies of the season," namely, oysters and arline plumbs, while their ladies were more in tellectually recreating themselves by being rapturously jolted on a jack-donkey; for Which they paid two-pene. The poor animals looked at the thick sticks of their in human masters, then at the frail, fair, and fat one, that was doomed to waddle like a bladder of hog s lard on their agonized backs, and then cast a despairing glance at the crowd. We then proceeded to reconnoitre th e e town, and at the first turn " Richardson's Theaqe,' caught our view ; here many a fat cook-maid, paid her six pence for a delectable blubber over the sorrows of a " gentle Desdemona." The next was an exhibition of wild beasts, in which there were two very large ourang outangs, the keeper very i politely . nving the ladies to " walk in and gratify their curl onty, As the night advanced " the lads took their lasses their trotters to shake," and the eager throng crowded to the Crown and Anchor Tavern, a large booth for dancing, fitted up to ac commodate several hundred persons. Thither we went, or rather were carried by the crowd, The ladies were all in amiable confusion, and a few sustained the trifling in convenience of losing their shoes, and indulged their inte resting propensity to squalling. We, hoWever, paid our shilling, and were considerably amused, on entering, with a very successful burlesque on the greatness of our nav y, iii tjte pprapps of six Lilliputian r.nekpeys, nstraw hats and sailors' dresses. They appeared perfectly satisfied, and surveyed themselves ,from time to time with great complacency. We were next struck with the appearance of a warm-hearted Patlander, with " His clothes spick and span new, without e're R speck, " And a nine Barcelona 40 1 round his nate neck," and an "ash plant two inches' thick. He was merrily Whistling lillerbulero, and dancing a hornpip e t o t h e a i r o f " Cherry rip e ." The dancing continued with " merry r pace" ti)l h a lf.n ee t e l ev en, when they quietly separmed tq thsir reepectiv? hpmee. RELIGIOUS FANATICISM.-- A young woman named Stevens, residing at Lambhay Hill, whose mother is a mem ber of the Brianites in Exeter, has, for a long time, been persuaded that sh e possessed with g devil; and the ravings of the poor creature, evidently the effect of a nileinin in in, brain, ars roughs to the utmost possible pitch by ePeclienti adopted by' the leaders of the sect to expel the enemy from his strong Exorcisms by fire, Prayer, fasting, and watching by night, with r epeated denunciations from the Holy Scripture, ha ve b een re wiled to ; and it may well be supposed that the administering of such fob& to , to ~.4 14i 4 411:QRi ; p o t calculated to heal the Oisturbed fancies of the patient. apprehend 'the moat oiedftitaiiiiirante, in all such cases, is inediCai acivive..—ster News. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON, Auo. 21.—His Royal Highness the Duke of York still continues to improve in health. His Royal Highness rode out twice in the course of to-day, in his usual vehicle. He did not attend the, Chapel' Royal as was expected, but heard prayers read at the Pavilion. _ . The band of the Bth Hussars played on the Steine this evening, for the first time this season. The Steine was unusually crowded. It is supposed that the town is now fuller than it has been for the last four or five months. Sir Godfrey Webster arrived here on Friday even tng in his yacht, which now lies off the town. MONDAY.—His Royal Highness the Duke of York is pronounced better this morning. It is tfuly gratifying to know that the Royal Duke is making gradual progress to perfect health. The list of No bility and gentry who have put down their names at the Pavilion to-day exceeds fifty. It is reported with confidence that it is the inten.. tion of the King to visit Brighton ere long. The Duke of York drove out in his dennet this afternoon. Yesterday was the birth-day of the Duke of Cla rence, when his Royal Highness completed his sixty first year. The tradesmen of his Royal Highness illuminated their houses in the evening. The Duke of Sussex entertained the Duke of Gloucester and a select part to dinner on Sunday; at his apartments in the King 's Palace, Kensington. Sir Herbert' Taylor arrived in town yesterday, from the King's Pavilion, Brighton, where Sir Herbert had been on a visit to the Duke of York. Mr. Mathews, the King's messenger, arrived in town yesterday morning at nine o'clock, with de spatches from the Earl of Liverpool in North Wales. Mr. Secretary Peel left his residence in Privy Gardens about two o'clock yesterday afternoon, for Broadstairs. Despatches were received yesterday at the Foreign Office from the Right Hon. Frederick Lamb, our Ambassador at Madrid, and also from Lord Gran- Ville, our Ambassador at Paris, to Mr. Secretary Canning. Mr. John B. Cramer, the eminent performer on the piano-forte is engaged for the ensuing Musical Festival at Birmingham. THE NEW PA LACE FOR THE KING.—The dome which forms so prominent a part, is, we hear, to be removed ; the whole line of house! to Arabella-row, and including it, will be swept away ; also Elliott's brewhouse, in the rear, if the negotiators can agree : the sum demanded, it is said, exceeds 40,000/. — Morning Paper. The sum of 100). has been presented by order of his Majesty's Government, to Mr. Marshall, rope maker of the Dock-yard, at this port, for an improve ment which he suggested in the machinery used for the making of rope.—Plymouth Herald. A curious cirumstance occurred a few days since in Congleton ; a man who had been 27 years absent from his native town, returned, and at the Hare and Dog Inn, in that town, met his wife with a second bus- band : he philosophically declined interfering with connubial bliss, and declared for single blessedness.— Maccleffield Herald. METAPHYSICS.-A Scotch blacksmith being asked the meaning of Metaphysics, explained it as follows :- 4 , When the party who listens dinna ken what the party who speaks means, and when the party who speaks dinna ken what he means himself—that is Metaphysics." A witness under examination in an Irish Court of Justice the other day, had just stated that he was sud denly roused from his slumbers by a blow on the head. , " And how did you find yourself'?" asked the examining Counsel. " Fast asleep," replied the wit ness.--Bucks Chronicle. On Friday se'nnight, at a village about three miles distant from Nantwich, was interred the wife of a Reverend Divine ; the Curate of the parish not being at church at the time appointed, the old man stood up, anti read the burial service himself. When the Minister arrived who was expected to officiate, the Reverend Widower told him, that he had done so himself; but that instead of saying, in that part of the service—" Our dearly beloved sister," he had said, " My dearly beloved wife."--Macckffield Herald. During the late Assizes for Somersetshire, a wit ness, in Ins examination in chief, described himself as a shoemaker. On being cross-examined, however, as to the nature of his occupation, he replied, that he was a blacksmith. " How is this, sir," said the Counsel, " did you not tell us that you were a shoe maker ?" " I knew I did, Zur," replied the witness, " and I zay a blacksmith is a shoemaker—vor orses." " In this Court, by a shoemaker is understood a me chanic who makes shoes for men and women," rejoin ed the lawyer. , t Noa, Zur," retorted the witness, that beast right ; thik there be a cordwainer." The learned Counsellor was completely nonplused. At the end of the reign of George IL, when a com plaint was made by a hot-brained Member of Parlia ment of a breach of privilege by the publication in the Magazines of some of the speeches made in the House of Commons, though given under feigned names, Mr. Pelham, the Government leader of that day, quashed the motion with the following observa tion;--" Let them alone," said he, they make better speeches for us than we can make fat o u rs e l ves ." .Batli Herald. A singular circumstance 4*ok place in Cardiff Church, on Saturday morning last. While the curate was performing the marriage ceremony for two young people, the bridegroom behaved so indecorously, that the clergyman was under the disagreeable necessity of reproving him . ; this not having the desired effect, and the man being unable, from intoxication, to repeat his troth as required, the, Curate felt himself bound to stop the service, and dismiss the couple unmarried. A precisely siniilar occurrence has taken place in Cardiff Church within the last six months,— . Bath Herald. Judge Aston had a kind of dry humour about him that in company engaged attention, and ill an evening his friends with many pleasing A ather Judge, on his en trance into, a cou.utry town, he 'informed us that his I, 9 rclihip had to encounter rather an unpolished High au fi.e . e q c t 4 ti t t es ly ,. eal sp iV e e t led in of bi Sheriff (the world then, perhaps, was not so highly Mr. Nigh refined as at present) and that after the usual gnenhi g of common topics and the weather, O A Hip,h herilt began to feel himself :4 litkle. more emboldened, and yeptwa d to 41 . 4 . ‘ his Lordship whether. at the last plaCe 6 ( 0 1/i d - mine to see' - the elephant ! The Judge, with gt i A ilp and' i 9,( l u i. humour u before replied, us, :Sheriff, I cannot say that I did, for et aii ' d " t h e Y re n vi o 's a point of occurred—we both came. 414) tows in form, • 't' 46e aiffiCi - irty , with a ceremony to be ' setilid, which should visit first."--, Bucks Chronicle. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Four o'Clock. FLIGHT . WILLIAM WAKEFIELD. LANCASTER, Aua. 21. At half-past nine o'clock this morning, Mr. Justice PARK took his seat upon the bench, - and directed that the Learned Counsel engaged for the prose cution and the defendant should be informed of his arrival. In about , five minutes afterwards Mr. Brougham came into court, and moved that Wm. Wakefield be called upon his recognizances. Mr. Reynolds, the crier, called the defendant three times upon his recognizance of 2,000/. but he did not appear. The sureties, David Davies, of Macclesfield, in.the county of Chester, doctor of Divinity, and John Cuthbert, of Stonehouse, near Broadstairs, in the parish of St. Peter, in the Isle of Thanet, in the county of Kent, Esq., were called upon three times to produce the body of William Wakefield, whom they had undertaken to have here this day, or to for feit their recognizances of 1,5001. Mr. Justice PARK—Is there any reason to sup pose that the defendant is not in Court ? Probably he is prevented from 'appearing by the crowd.. Mr. BROUGHAM-Mr. Denison, the Attorney for the defendant, says, my Lord, that the defendant is • not forthcoming. Mr. Justice PARK (to Mr. Denison).—Have you any reason to believe that the defendant will not be forthcoming ? Mr. DENISON—He will not appear, my Lord. Mr. Justice PARK—Let the recognizances of William Wakefield, and of his sureties, Dr. Davies and Mr. Cuthbert, be entreated, Mr. BROUGHAM—The defendant, Wm. Wake field, having absconded, I have humbly to move your Lordship for a bench' warrant against him. Mr. Justice PARK—Let the warrant be prepared. You are, Mr. Brougham, aware that my warrant does not extend beyond the county. You must apply to a Judge of the Court of King's Bench for a war rant which will extend all over the kingdom.— My warrant will be to bring him before me if I should be here, or if not, before a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lancaster, and I have, therefore, some doubt, whether or not, I ought to insert in the warrant, that notice of bail should be given. Although he has absconded, yet the offence is bailable if he should be apprehended, but the recognizances already entered into, are by his flight forfeited. I know that in a war rant granted by a Judge of the Court of King's Bench, notice of bail was inserted, but then the party was brought before a Judge of that Court. Mr. BROUGHAbf—If your Lordship has any doubt about it, then let the warrant be in the common form, and let the Magistrate before whom he shall be brought exercise his discretion. Mr. Justice PARK—That probably will be the bet ter course, and the Magistrate may, if he should:think proper, require notice of bail. A warrant was accordingly made out in the corn -111011 ILlrm. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Exeter ... ..».« swatrham Egharn . Stourbridge Aberysthwith Bedford Aberdeen Leominster . Warwick Pontefract Taunton Western Meeting Basingstoke Morpeth Lichfield l2 Midland Meeting, Pontefract Bridgwater l3 Abingdon lt Rotherham l3 Northampton IS Doncaster lO Shrewsbury RACES Ti August 23 Sept 90 '0 COME. Margate Leicester Olamorganshire . Cardiff Northern Meeting .. Tewkesbury Oswestry Fife Hunt Gloucester Lincoln Walsall Brecon NO Newmarket Oct. Itugtley 9 Richmond Caledonian Hunt and Perth 3 Wrexham 4 Monmouth 4 Northallerton /* Newmarket l5 Newmarket. an Sept. I 5 TATTERSALL'S, Aua. 21. By the subjoined statement of odds, it will be seen that Mu latto continues on the advance, being now only half a point be hind Bedlamite, with a strong party to back him, and every pro bability of the next betting-day making him decidedly second fa vourite. Belzoni remains as before, but Bedlamite fell back a little, and not much done on him. cz usader and The Dragon have changed places, the latter being the favourite 11 about a point. The betting was rather brisk on the abme ho s, with out touching upon many of the outsiders. The oddv at the:close of the room had settled as follows 9 to 4 apt Belzoni 8 to 1 apt Bedlatnite 8j to 1 apt Mulatto 12 to 1 apt The Dragon 13 to 1 apt Crusader 90 to 1 apt Tatrare T. LEPER. 30 to I apt he ()moral 35 to I ay . , Shortwatst 35 to 1 kglit Paul Pry (taken) 40 to ; apt pirate SO Y o 1 apt Fanny Davies sii to 1 apt Mac Adam 1E127. the flew. DERRY, YO to / PRIZ,R F R D 0 TORTP. penhigen fields or the grounds itditcetit to Copenhagen House, Wee long been nunle the arena for pugilistic battles, particularly ati &Inlay mornings, amongst the lower orders of tradesmen, and bricklayer's labourers, and all the adjacent gardens and enclosures having suffered considerable damages from these trespassers, a representa tion was lately made to the parochial authorities, in consequence of which, an extra police force has been ordered to attend there every Sunday morning, from live until twelve o'clock. On last Sun day a battle was to have taken place between two laboltretai but they_were prevented by . the o ffi cers. EDINBURGH REVIEW.---Whil reference to u paragraph which has recently been copied into several papers from the Leeds Intelligencer," we are authorised to state that there is no foundation whatever for the report of there being any change intended in the Editorship of the Journal above named. The an q itTih ti e e s tet nett There nu s ht w a ablott;:i seemed.4tci trecent aros e betwe e n iaD in g impressiont h g t i o te r dc a ioi n uv d buil s ohna r ot s f . t tho l- he o e.4row t so m and Co. upon the failure of the Edinburgh Publishers, have been in he e er for sonic time settled to the perfect satisfaction of both p arties. k tti of the New Number, a paper qwieed among the canton h c ontemplation. s.. is neither contained in it, nor indeed was ever telligetws. Gll the subject tua l y l te The Scotsman. generalgu t . i d ccu at ra fr c o y m nd his hav f in b l e . fate: HAY MARKETS-4TM. DAY.) (At per Load of 96 Trona.) ST. JAMES'S. To w ' s .; meadow flay .1:3 15to 4 15 Closer HO ••....... ..... 14 Vital 16 ttplaud Ettsto .. . ......... 415 l5 Oat Str4w •1 11 110 415 515 Wheat to llO lis Rye-grass Hay New Meadow Hay .•• 4 5 8 5 dul , Alid pieta as on Saturday. Supply good, tress wr y SMITHFIELD. .. Low l a nd Meadow Hay.e3 oto 4 0 Clover Hay generally £4 18 to $ 10 upland Aittu ........... . 4 0 5 , U Do, extraordinary fine 0 0 7 I llyt-trass Hay,-. 4 0 5 0 Oat Straw w readow Ha y 111 1 111 good ouPP I and,* Eery dull gads at Saturday's quotation N e.. 315 415 Wheat Ditto